MAUND, mawnd, _n._ a measure of weight in India, its value varying in
different places from about 25 to about 85 pounds avoirdupois. [Hind.
_m[=a]n_.]
MAUNDER, mawn'd[.e]r, _v.i._ to beg: to whine like a beggar, to grumble: to
mutter, to talk foolishly, to drivel.--_ns._ MAUN'DERER; MAUN'DERING,
drivelling talk. [O. Fr. _mendier_, to beg--L. _mendic[=a]re_.]
MAUNDRIL, mawn'dril, _n._ a pick with two prongs.
MAUNDY, mawn'di, _n._ the religious ceremony of washing the feet of others,
esp. of inferiors, in commemoration of Christ's washing His disciples' feet
at the Last Supper--still practised in Austria by the emperor.--MAUNDY
MONEY, the money given away on MAUNDY THURSDAY, the Thursday in Passion
week, by the royal almoner, usually a penny for each year of the
sovereign's reign--the small silver coins specially coined since 1662. [O.
Fr. _mande_ (Fr. _mandé_)--L. _mand[=a]tum_, command, i.e. the 'new
Commandment' of John, xiii. 34.]
MAURIST, maw'rist, _n._ a member of the reformed Benedictine Congregation
of St _Maur_, settled from 1618 at the abbey of St _Maur_-sur-Loire, near
Saumur, notable for its great services to learning.
MAUSER, mow'z[.e]r, _n._ a German magazine rifle, invented by Wilhelm
_Mauser_ (1834-82).
MAUSOLEUM, maw-so-l[=e]'um, _n._ a magnificent tomb or monument.--_adj._
MAUSOL[=E]'AN, pertaining to a mausoleum: monumental. [L.,--Gr.,
_Maus[=o]leion_, from _Mausolus_, king of Caria, to whom his widow,
Artemisia, erected a splendid tomb about 350 B.C.]
MAUTHER, mä'th[.e]r, _n._ an Eng. prov. form of mother.
MAUVE, mawv, _n._ a beautiful purple dye extracted from coal-tar, so called
from its likeness in colour to the flowers of the common mallow.--_adj._ of
the colour of mauve. [Fr.,--L. _malva_, the mallow.]
MAVERICK, mav'[.e]r-ik, _n._ (_U.S._) an animal found straying without an
owner's brand, esp. a strayed calf: anything dishonestly obtained.--_v.t._
to seize without legal claim. [From Samuel _Maverick_, a Texas
cattle-raiser.]
MAVIS, m[=a]'vis, _n._ the song-thrush. [Fr. _mauvis_; prob. from Bret.
_milfid_, a mavis.]
MAVOURNEEN, ma-v[=oo]r'n[=e]n, _n._ and _interj._ a term of endearment=my
dear one. [Ir.]
MAW, maw, _n._ the stomach, esp. in the lower animals: the craw, in
birds.--_ns._ MAW'-SEED, poppy-seed, so called when used as food for cage
birds; MAW'-WORM, the thread-worm infesting the stomach. [A.S. _maga_; Ger.
_magen_.]
MAWKIN. Same as MALKIN (q.v.).
MAWKISH, mawk'ish, _adj._ loathsome, disgusting, as anything beginning to
breed mawks or maggots.--_n._ MAWK, a maggot.--_adv._ MAWK'ISHLY.--_n._
MAWK'ISHNESS. [Explained by Skeat as formed, with suffix _-ish_, from M. E.
_mawk_, _mauk_, a contr. form of M. E. _maðek_, a maggot--Ice. _maðkr_, a
maggot.]
MAWMET, maw'met, _n_. a puppet: an idol--_Mohammed_.